EXCEPTING in those rare cases when the person who gives me a letter of introduction is rude enough to seal it, I make a regular practice of reading the letter before presenting it. The morality of ...

In today's world of instant electronic communication, the old-fashioned business letter often gets overlooked. A well-written sales pitch or introduction presented on your letterhead can stand out on ...

Since we are moving toward becoming a paperless society, the question often comes up in the context of job searching of whether or not cover letters are still necessary. The short answer is ...

Introductions are an important and useful part of a company's marketing communication or public relations program. You see them whenever a company needs to introduce itself or new products to ...

Stop calling it a cover letter. You’re missing the point. You’re not covering; you’re opening. It’s an introduction letter, a quick summation of what you bring to the table, and an invitation to read ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: What, precisely, is a “letter of introduction”? Characters in novels from the 19th and early 20th centuries use them whenever they come to a town unfamiliar to them, but I have ...